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Product Manager

ISR RECRUITMENT LIMITEDUnited Kingdom🇬🇧United Kingdom

Why this role stands out

This high-impact role offers you the chance to shape a critical national surveillance database while enjoying the flexibility of fully remote work and a competitive daily rate of £500 outside-IR35. You will thrive in this position if you are an experienced product manager who excels at balancing complex stakeholder needs with strategic delivery, making this the perfect opportunity to advance your career within the public sector. Apply today to lead this vital project and make a meaningful contribution to national infrastructure.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeTemporary/Casual
Work modeHybrid
LocationUnited Kingdom
Stakeholder Management

Job description

  • Product Manager National Surveillance Reporting Database
  • 3-month contract (initially)
  • Remote Working
  • Outside-IR35
  • Market Rates (c£500 per day)

The Opportunity:

ISR Recruitment is seeking an experienced Product Manager for a leading central government client, supporting the development and ongoing management of a national surveillance reporting database.

You will bring together requirements from multiple business areas, establish a consolidated product backlog and develop a prioritised roadmap that balances user needs, operational risks, technical dependencies and strategic objectives.

Consulting closely with the Technical Architect, Delivery Manager, User Researcher and delivery teams, you will turn business requirements into clear, delivery-ready backlog items and ensure effective product ownership, governance and stakeholder alignment.

Skills and Experience:

  • Proven Product Management experience, ideally within UK central government or public sector digital services.
  • Strong experience managing product backlogs, roadmaps, requirements and prioritisation.
  • Ability to balance user needs, technical considerations, operational risks and competing stakeholder demands.
  • Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, including architects, delivery managers and user researchers.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement, governance and communication skills.

Desirable: Experience with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and platforms and knowledge of the health sector or national surveillance services would be hugely beneficial.

Role and Responsibilities:

  • Consolidate requirements and demand into a single structured product backlog.
  • Develop and maintain a prioritised roadmap aligned with user needs and service objectives.
  • Refine requirements, acceptance criteria, dependencies and delivery ownership.
  • Work with technical and delivery teams to address technical debt, risks and delivery dependencies.
  • Support product governance, ownership models, decision-making and escalation routes.
  • Incorporate user research and feedback into product priorities.
  • Coordinate stakeholder engagement and maintain product communications, SharePoint content and release updates.

N.B. Candidates will have or be willing to undergo a basic level of security clearance prior to starting the role (5-7 days lead time)

Applications:

Please contact Edward here at ISR to learn more about our client leading the way in developing the next-generation of healthcare solutions through innovation and transformational technology?

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